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Re:Deflock hits 100k ALPRs Mapped in USA by rahimnathwani on Sunday May 31, 2026 @08:26PM (#48351293)
Speed cameras save lives. It's best when they're paired with:

- good publicity (drivers know that speed cameras exist)

- density (high chance of passing a speed camera)

- enforcement of penalties (if fines can be ignored then they lose their deterrent effect)

- portable (so you don't know where they are ahead of time)

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Re:Deflock hits 100k ALPRs Mapped in USA by SilverElfin on Sunday May 31, 2026 @09:32PM (#48351663)
They also enable mass surveillance and they also unnecessarily reduce quality of life. No one talks about the time lost to artificially low speed limits. But they do matter.
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Re:Deflock hits 100k ALPRs Mapped in USA by rahimnathwani on Sunday May 31, 2026 @10:07PM (#48351885)
Speed cameras enable efficient enforcement of existing speed limits. They don't require 'artificially low speed limits'.

Speed cameras don't have to enable mass surveillance. The oldest ones are detect a speeding object and take two photos at a fixed interval. Cars that aren't speeding aren't recorded.

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Re:Deflock hits 100k ALPRs Mapped in USA by ErroneousBosh on Monday June 01, 2026 @04:59AM (#48354283)
> No one talks about the time lost to artificially low speed limits

Do they talk about the time lost to RTCs?

How much time do you "lose" due to speed limits?

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